FP3 Gallery , 346 Congress St.

*People and Places: New Works by Amy Baxter MacDonald Opening reception: Thursday, Oct. 13, 7–9pm.
Amy B. MacDonald is an artist and animator who teaches at Montserrat College of Art and Mt. Ida College. Her recent work includes portraits, figures, landscapes, and interiors. On view through December 17.

Gallery at Atlantic Wharf , 290 Congress St.

*Materials Witness presents thirteen Boston-based artists whose work investigates how history is recorded in objects of everyday use. Materials Witness asks us to consider how our own personal histories are documented within the tools, textiles, buildings, or things that we encounter day to day. On view through December 2.

Gallery at Boston Children’s Museum

*All Things Animal invites visitors to observe, identify, walk, talk, and play like the animals. The exhibition features the work of 40 artists from around the world, including a few artists from our beloved local Fort Point community — Diane Fiedler, Gabrielle Schaffner, Judy Belben, Lisa Knox and Kirk McNeil. On view through November 27. Join BCM’s Arts Program Manager Alice Vogler in front of the museum for a Making Challenge on Sunday from 1–4pm. Come see what you make out of all sorts of recycled goodies like fabric, foam pieces, wood, and shiny paper.

Boston Society of Architects

*Haymarket, The Soul of the CityImages by photographer Justin H. Goodstein, as well as videos featuring the sights, sounds, and voices of Haymarket, Boston’s centuries-old open-air market. On view through October 30.

Floating Public Art

SOS (Safety Orange Swimmers) is composed of 20+ large scale figures cast from a single mold. Painted in “Safety Orange,” the figures swim with salvaged black inner tubes that have been re-purposed as personal floatation devices. S.O.S. invokes the Fort Point Channel Basin as a metaphor for the seas across which people have always traveled in search of shelter, freedom, prosperity and safety; seas in which they have often lost their lives. The Swimmers symbolize the world’s refugees and migrants, and the long history of global migration on which our city and nation are largely built. Artists Ann Hirsh & Jeremy Angier hope to provoke discussions about the changing identity of the Channel by asking: how are we, a city in the midst of an economic boom, responding to the current global refugee crisis?

Permanent Public Art

PYR 2014: Don Eyles
Boston cobblestones, floating on water in the shape of a pyramid, marking past and future history. Location: Fort Point Channel, south side of Summer St. Bridge

Starry Night: Lisa Greenfield and Daniel J. van Ackere
Lisa Greenfield and Daniel J. van Ackere transform the underpass on ‘A’ Street into a place where you linger, combining creativity, public access, and state-of-the-art technology, using fully programmable LED lights. Location: A Street beneath Summer Street.

Channel Center Garage : Joanne Kaliontzis and Spalding Tougias Architects
Painted perforated metal panels enclose this 9 story parking garage which also serves as a backdrop for the neighborhood’s newest park. Light and shadows play inside and outside during the day, and mesmerizes with its flowing color LED light show at night.Location: A St. at the far end of Channel Center

SARAH HULSEY: ITERATIONS, OPENING RECEPTION Walter Feldman Gallery, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston
The exhibition explores the inter-section between language and visual art, focusing on the role of iteration, repetition, and variation in image making. Midway Artist Studios #103, Fri. 6–9pm

ROBERTO MIGHTY Film Screenings
Roberto will screen 3 new short films: “Peach Pie,” a drama filmed in Fort Point Channel that is an Official Selection at national film festivals; a sneak preview of “Jesseca Ferguson: Cabinet of Curiosity,” about the renowned Fort Point artist and pinhole photographer; and a sneak preview of “Charles Coe: Man of Letters,” about the Cambridge author and musician. Midway Studios #419, Fri. 6pm; Sat. 2pm, 4pm; Sun. 2pm, 4pm

NINETA Live Painting
A live painting demonstration through-out the day by internationally recognized street artist Nineta. She will share tips and techniques for transforming your work from the page to walls. Midway Artist Studios #517, Sat.–Sun.

LESLIE MILLER Paper Cuts
Watch Leslie Miller create her intricate paper cuts, and see her selection of different paper cuts from artists around the world. Visitors are welcome to join and try their hand at making their own paper cuts. 249 A St. Cooperative #51, Sat. 12–6pm

MAKE ART WITH US! Drop-in art making for all ages! Intuitive drawing workshop hosted by Basil El Halwagy, Creative Projects
Participants of all ages — especially kids — can come and experience intuitive drawing, a Surrealist drawing technique that came to prominence in the early 20th century with the artists Hans Arp and Andre Masson. Basil El Halwagy will show young artists how to draw by allowing ideas to take hold and grow on the paper. Draw without thinking, and build the drawing collaboratively, in an activity you can photograph with your smart-phone and share online! No drawing experience necessary, materials provided. Midway Artist Studios #301, Sat.–Sun. 1–4pm. Sponsored by the South Boston Community Development Foundation

ELI PORTMAN Pen and Ink Demonstration
Eli Portman demonstrates the basic use and handling of a dip pen, and you can come try it for yourself! Get ready to learn a new tool and make some bold strokes! Midway Gallery, Midway Artist Studios, Sun. 2pm

FLIGHT OF FIREAcoustic set by all-female band managed and produced by Liz Borden.Midway Gallery, Midway Artist Studios, Sun. 4pm

FPAC is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 founded in 1980. Our mission is to enrich the Fort Point area with a resident live/work artist population that contributes to the district's and the City of Boston's cultural life. In addition to fees from our artist members, we depend on support from individuals, corporations, and foundations who appreciate the value of a vibrant arts community in Fort Point. Please consider becoming a supporting member or sponsor. Help keep art alive in Fort Point! Site by: Stoltze Design Site development: Circadia